let's bring in former rnc chairman michael steele and press secretary for president obama's re-election campaign. jen, let me start with you. a piece this morning that said, chuck hagel's biggest problem sort of facing him potentially on capitol hill is that, you know, he is obama. that this is sort of -- he fits obama more than anything. so, this is almost implying that the people against him are proxy fighting. this is about a proxy of all the things that they have been upset with obama on they're going to take out. >> probably some element of truth in that in terms of the politics around it. however, he is a republican who served for decades in the senate who was on the intelligence committee, who was on the foreign relations committee, who is a decorated vietnam war hero. are republicans really, i know a lot of vocal outranl, but are they going to vote against a war hero who is a republican, former republican senator? that's the question. >> well, michael steele, the republican in here. but hagel is getting hit for things that you would get hit on. he is one of these guys. >> speaks